ORANGE, Ohio -- Companion animal cruelty, Park Avenue: An officer patrolling Pinecrest at 1 a.m. July 15 noticed two dogs panting inside a car and located the owner, who had left them there when he parked and went into a bar six hours before.

The owner and driver, a South Russell man who showed some signs of possible intoxication, was upset about the animal cruelty citation, telling police that it was fine to leave dogs in cars if temperatures were below 80 degrees and the windows were cracked.

Noting that it was currently 81 degrees outside, the officer pointed out that, upon being released from the car, the Jack Russell terrier mixes, 11 and 12 years old, started drinking out of rain puddles.

Police also reminded the owner that there was a case of water in his trunk, although he had not checked on the dogs the entire time.

The man's son, 17, arrived to pick up the crew and thanked police for contacting him.

Traffic altercation, damage to private property; Interstate 271 and Harvard Road: A South Euclid woman, 62, reported that during evening rush hour on July 16, while she was trying to merge onto I-271 northbound at the Richmond-Emery on-ramp, a white car driven by a teenager would not let her in, speeding up and slowing down. The driver then threw an unknown object out of the window, scratching and denting the driver's side of her 2011 Kia.

She provided a suspect temporary tag number, which came back to a white 2009 Pontiac.

Vehicle recovered, Walnut Hills Drive: Shortly after midnight July 15, a patrol officer noticed a 2015 Nissan Altima parked in the driveway of an abandoned home with construction fencing around it.

A crime computer check listed the car as stolen out of Pepper Pike the previous day. An officer and tow truck arrived shortly.

Disturbance, warrant served; Orange Place: Officers were called to the Beachwood Inn, formerly Super 8 motel, around 3 p.m. July 11 where two men were chasing a Fayette, W.Va., woman, 24, because she reportedly had their money.

She was found in the surrounding woods, and the management requested eviction of all parties in her group's room, including a Fayette man, 40.

There was also a Findlay man, 24, who was taken to jail after police found an active felony warrant out of Wood County.

Drug abuse (marijuana), Orange Place: A Cleveland Heights woman, 21, was cited for possession of a gram of marijuana after a patrol officer smelled a strong burning odor coming from her car parked at the University Hospitals' Chagrin Highlands campus room, with several co-workers from a Pinecrest establishment inside, about 1:30 a.m. July 14.

Disorderly conduct, Park Avenue: A North Ridgeville man, 51, was cited for drunkenness around 11 p.m. July 13 when an officer patrolling Pinecrest noticed him vomiting out of the passenger side of his parked 2013 Kia. He declined medical treatment, but was declared unfit to drive. He was released to a friend within an hour.

Consumption of liquor in a motor vehicle, furnishing liquor to underage persons, underage drinking; Pike Drive: Police cited a local man, 22, and an Akron woman, 20, after they were caught drinking whiskey while sitting in a car parked just after midnight July 17 in Orange Village Park. The man's brother arrived on the scene to remove them and the car after police poured out the rest of the bottle.